THIS WAS A LOST WEEK....to the tummy flu- our family- it ripped through us, I have been on a diet so 4 pounds overnight, I can handle that!! yukk. Anyway,this morning I woke up and most of the STORM has passed, but I could not lay in that bed a second longer as my body is aching everywhere it aches when you lay in bed too long so I got up for the challenge.
Over the years, we have gone on 3 trips to Africa and worked for a mission for 23 years, so we have a fair sized collection of african animal wood carvings - I tried to think of things I actually COLLECT and all I could think of was STAMPS! So I looked around my house to see what we had an actual "collection" of, and it's african animals....so thus my card is inspired by our family room where they are all displayed. Here's a bit of trivia about me, I once camped with my husband on the Masai Mara for 3 nights in a PUP tent. We had a seasoned missionary with us who told us if you just keep the fire going the animals won't come into your camp....so as you can imagine, I tended the fire with care that night, waking my poor husband up every 15 minutes to go put more wood on the fire....it was an adventure I will never forget. In the mornings we would cook over the open fire and sip coffee watching giraffe saunter by.....it was utterly amazing. So we have an entire room sort of devoted to our african adventures. Hope you like my card!
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Fri, May 28, 2010 @ 5:27 AM
An amazing story~an amazing card! Karen this is so beautiful! Love the sky and the grass! Wonderful embossed elephants! Really I can not say enough about this work of ART! Thank you so much for sharing your life adventures!
Linda
p.s. hope you and your family feel better soon.
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Fri, May 28, 2010 @ 5:56 AM
I am sorry to hear you had the stomach flu. But yeah on that 4 pound loss. That's the only good thing about stomach bugs! LOL
Your card looks absolutely amazing. Your sponging is incredible. Thanks for sharing some of your African memories with us. That sounds like a once in a life time "camping trip".
Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend! Hugs and smiles